Tiger Woods returns to golf at Hero World Challenge
According to PGA Tour's website, Tiger Woods is scheduled to make his return to competitive golf at the Hero World Challenge from December 1st - 4th. Woods, the tournament host, began the event in 1999. Here's everything you need to know about the 14-time major winner's return to competitive golf.
What: Hero World Challenge
When: Thursday, Dec. 1 - Sunday, Dec. 4
Where: Albany Golf Course, The Bahamas
Defending champ: Bubba Watson
TV: Thursday/Friday - Golf Channel 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Saturday - Golf Channel 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm, NBC 2:30 pm to 5 pm
Sunday - Golf Channel 11 am to 1 pm, NBC 1 pm to 4 pm
Tournament Field (As of Oct. 23, world ranking in parenthesis): Dustin Johnson (2), USA; Jordan Spieth (4), USA; Henrik Stenson (5), Sweden; Patrick Reed (7), USA; Bubba Watson (8), USA; Hideki Matsuyama (10), Japan; Rickie Fowler (11), USA; Justin Rose (12), England; Jimmy Walker (17), USA; Matt Kuchar (19), USA; Russell Knox (20), Scotland; Brandt Snedeker (22), USA; Brooks Koepka (23), USA; Louis Oosthuizen (24), South Africa; J.B. Holmes (25), USA; Emiliano Grillo (26), Argentina; Tiger Woods (tournament host), USA; Zach Johnson (exemption), USA.
Tiger Woods' road to return
It has been 16 months since Tiger Woods played a round of competitive golf. The last tournament Woods played in was the 2015 Wyndham Championship, where he finished tied for 10th, four shots behind winner Davis Love III.
Tiger only completed four rounds at seven tournaments during the 2015 season and missed the cut at three of the four majors. He finished 17th at the Masters.
Following his August round at the Wyndham, he had surgery on his back and had planned to return in early 2016. Setbacks in recovery put his return to the course on hold indefinitely, until he announced he hoped to play at the Safeway Open, the 2016-17 PGA Tour season opener. Further setbacks in his preparation also caused him to withdraw from that event, until Nov. 1 when he announced he would return this week for the Hero World Challenge.
Source news: PGA TOUR
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